When Crown Prince Pei Luoan arrived at the Queen's Pepper Room, his face was gloomy.
"Prince, what happened?" The Queen's face looked relatively good. She was talking to Liu Jingyu. When she saw the look on the prince's face when he came in, she couldn't help but ask.
"Mother, I want to ask about what happened to County Lord Jingyu just now when she encountered Prince Yun." Pei Luoan said in a cold voice, full of anger. He remembered that when he was leaving the imperial study just now, Pei Yuanjun deliberately stopped at the door and said something that sounded like he was apologizing to him, but in fact he was scolding Liu Jingyu.
Pei Yusheng, who was walking behind at the time, laughed sarcastically. Although his voice was not loud, it was enough for Pei Luoan to hear it clearly. However, he still had to suppress the shame and anger in his heart.
"Did Prince Yun say that he offended him? This was originally a misunderstanding, and Prince Yun was also wrong. For such a small matter, he took away several palace servants and punished them. He also took away Jingyu's people. Is this matter so serious?" The Queen Mother said indifferently, "Jingyu has already told me about this matter, and I have also sent someone to bring back the two maids."
"Mother, are you interfering in this matter?" Pei Luoan looked up at the Queen.
"What's wrong? Can't I intervene in this matter?" The Queen Mother frowned in displeasure.
"Mother, you really shouldn't interfere in this matter. Father knows everything." Pei Luoan said angrily.
"How did your father know about this? Is Prince Yun really so petty that he told your father about this?" The Queen Mother said with a hint of anger.
"Mother, what do you mean by telling Father? This matter has become what it is now. Even if Father wants to be ignorant, he cannot. Father also ordered you to investigate this matter thoroughly and never let it happen again. This kind of thing has been punished before, isn't it enough?"
Pei Luoan said in an annoyed voice.
No wonder her mother couldn't defeat Concubine He. Look at what she was doing. Instead of reprimanding Liu Jingyu, she was talking and laughing with her. What did she want to say? Was she saying that Liu Jingyu was innocent, or did she specially send Liu Jingyu to spy on Prince Yun
Is the Prince of Yun so easy to spy on
Pei Luoan didn't know what to say!
After all, the Queen Mother was smart. She understood immediately after her son said that. She looked at Liu Jingyu with an ugly expression. She was convinced by Liu Jingyu just now and felt that she was innocent, but now she felt that her son was right.
Is it really innocent or intentional? It's hard to say. The emperor is angry, how can I have no reaction here? It's also Liu Jingyu's fault that she didn't explain clearly. This matter has become like this, but she made it small, making her think it was a small matter and misjudged the emperor's concern for this matter.
She remembered that when a young lady from a noble family deliberately came to spy on Pei Yuanjun, the emperor had been angry and ordered her to use severe punishment.
"Empress!" Liu Jingyu saw that something was wrong and quickly stood up and knelt on the ground, "Your Highness, this is really an accident!"
"Is it really just an accident? There are so many accidents around you, my lady. One after another, each one seems unreal, but they are all true, right?" Pei Luoan said bluntly, remembering that after Pei Yuanjun said this to him just now, he left without him, and then it was King Jing Pei Yusheng, who was not a good person either, who came up to ask him what happened.
Pei Luoan was sure that Pei Yusheng knew it, but he pretended to be like this on purpose, which was really annoying.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince... This was really an accident. Your Highness the Prince of Yun misunderstood me..." Liu Jingyu's tears fell. She wiped her tears with a handkerchief and choked up, looking extremely aggrieved and pitiful. She raised her beautiful eyes and looked at Pei Luoan, half pleading and half showing pity.
"Uncle Wang misunderstood you? Then go and explain it to me!" Pei Luoan said coldly, as if he didn't notice her tenderness.
Go to Pei Yuanjun to explain? Thinking of the look of Prince Yun that he had seen before, Liu Jingyu didn't dare to go there. He shivered, which made Pei Luoan feel even more unhappy.
If it were Ji Hanyue, how could such a thing happen!
Not to mention that Ji Hanyue would not bump into Pei Yuanjun rashly, even if she did, she would not be so timid as she is now, which made him angry just by looking at her.
What he wants is the Crown Princess, the future Queen, the one who will rule the country. How could it be like this
Delicate and pitiful, is that what a Crown Princess should look like
She hasn't thought everything through, and she has to support me in everything. How much time will I have to waste on her in the future? Thinking about it, I felt inexplicably irritated. Ji Hanyue's face seemed to appear in front of me again. She was equally beautiful and charming, but the other was bright and beautiful with a bit of heroic spirit, not the face in front of me. Although it was also similar, I felt inexplicably disgusted. I actually felt that Liu Jingyu and Ji Youran in front of me were somewhat similar!
"Your Highness..." Liu Jingyu's tears fell.
"Okay, get up first. Be careful when you walk next time. This is the palace, not your Liu Mansion, nor the Duke of Qi's Mansion." Pei Luoan waved his hand impatiently and said goodbye to the Queen. "Mother, it's getting late. I'm going back to the palace first. My father asked me to go back to do something."
"Then you go back first. Jingyu also happens to be going back home, so you can see her off as well." The Queen looked at Liu Jingyu who stood up with the help of a palace maid.
Liu Jingyu looked at Pei Luoan expectantly with tears in her eyes.
"Mother, I have important things to do and don't have time to wait for County Lady Jingyu to leave the palace. Please let her leave the palace by herself. Be careful not to bump into anyone again." Pei Luoan said impatiently, turned around and strode away, leaving Liu Jingyu directly in the hall.
Seeing her son's expression, the Queen Mother knew that her son was unwilling to send Liu Jingyu out of the palace. She turned her head and glared at Liu Jingyu. She suddenly wondered if she was wrong. Her son really didn't care about Liu Jingyu. But who else could she marry if not Liu Jingyu? The Queen Mother had considered all the people in the capital, and only Liu Jingyu was the most suitable.
She had already made up her mind that if her son was really not satisfied, she would immediately grant him a concubine after Liu Jingyu entered the palace. It would not matter who he liked in the future. She could not let her son not be able to find a satisfactory woman in the East Palace!
Thinking of this, her expression softened immediately: "Jingyu County Lord, the prince has something to do and can only leave first. When you leave the palace this time, I will have someone escort you out. Be careful when you leave. There are many people in this palace that you cannot bump into. Even if it is a misunderstanding,
No way! "
The Queen Mother warned Liu Jingyu.
"Yes!" Liu Jingyu felt extremely aggrieved, but had to wipe away her tears, so she responded and left.
"After you leave the palace, stay out less during this period. If you have any problems, go to your mother and wait for news at home." The Queen was still worried and gave another reminder.
The Queen Mother was not very happy with what had happened in the past two days. The marriage between the two families was about to be arranged, and Liu Jingyu could not cause any trouble at this time.
"Yes!" Liu Jingyu lowered his head and said softly, looking very obedient.
The Queen finally agreed with this point, at least it was a good thing.
"Miss, there are gifts from the Prince of Yun's Mansion. The lady dowager asked me to bring them to you." When Yudong walked in, she was smiling widely. The prince had finally returned to Beijing.
He pointed behind him and saw a row of eight maids, who looked both respectable and grand.
An old maid came forward to greet Qu Moying and said with a smile, "This servant greets the fourth Miss Qu."
"No need to be so polite." Qu Moying smiled slightly and nodded.
The old nanny pointed and asked several maids to put the gift boxes in their hands on the table. Without saying much, she stepped aside.
There were not only some clothes and brocades, but also some that looked like books, which made Qu Moying curious. He glanced at Yuchun on the side. Yuchun understood and took two steps forward, took out a book from a gift box and handed it to Qu Moying carefully. Qu Moying opened it and found that it was a piano score. His fingertips couldn't help but flip through it.
Seeing that she was interested, the old nanny said, "Fourth Miss, these were all selected by our prince, and he even asked me to bring a guqin."
After the old lady finished speaking, she pointed to the last box. This box was the longest and was not opened when it was put down.
Qu Moying nodded and put down the music score in her hand. Since she was fond of music scores, she naturally also liked playing the piano.
Yuchun understood and took two steps forward and took out the last long gift box, the longest one and the only one that could be closed. She placed it on the table in front of Qu Moying and opened the box, revealing a musical instrument case inside.
Yudong stepped forward, and Qin asked Yuchun to take out the piano case, then took out the piano inside and placed it in front of Qu Moying.
This is a guqin. Qu Moying recognized it at a glance. He reached out and gently plucked it. The sound of the guqin was leisurely and he could tell it was a good guqin. It was in no way inferior to Qu Moying's favorite "Feng Yu" guqin.
Subconsciously, she reached out her hand and touched the bottom of the zither. There were indeed two ancient characters. After carefully touching it, she actually made out the words "Huang Xi". Her hand couldn't help but paused and her brows slightly frowned. She was sure that she must have heard of these two characters before.
But I couldn’t remember it for a moment!
Qu Moying was sure that he had never heard of the name of the zither "Feng Yu" before, but what about "Huang Xi"
“Miss…” Seeing her in a daze, Yu Dong couldn’t help but called her.
Qu Moying slowly raised her head and looked at the old nanny of the Prince of Yun's Mansion: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your trouble!"
"This is what our prince should do. Miss Fourth, you are too polite. I will go back to the mansion now and report to our prince." The old nanny said with a smile.
Qu Moying looked at her deeply. This person should also be Pei Yuanjun's confidant.
Yudong sent the person out.
"Yuchun, turn the piano over so I can take a look!" Qu Moying ordered. This piano made her feel a little confused. After thinking about it carefully, she decided to take a look first...